Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
For the jockeys to stop work during the trials today to carry on this meeting, it is just so exceptionally disappointing … I just felt it showed very little care or understanding of the rest of the industry, we (trainers) are annoyed and disappointed at the situation which could have been handled outside of these […]
Look at the size of this new tower compared to the other two, and look where its positioned. What do you think the problem might be? And do you think sightscreens are going to fix it? I’m sure going up so high seemed to its architects a good idea at the time. After all, the […]
Representatives from the Brisbane Racing Club attempted to argue that the construction was not causing the issue, which was rejected by the jockeys association. As all of the incidents have involved horses not from Brisbane, BRC officials raised the possibility of not allowing horses who have not raced at Eagle Farm to nominate in the […]
Last month on Stradbroke day the old John Power grandstand made the headlines when the Brisbane Racing Club publicly challenged the QLD Racing Minister to stump up the $80 million allegedly required required to renovate it. The Courier-Mail reported the Minister saying that “the government had not allocated specific money for the grandstand due to […]
How hard is it to read the number on a ball drawn out of a barrel? When it comes to QRIC Chief Steward Josh Adams, the answer is obviously too hard. What you see above and below are extracts from the official barrier draw for the Stradbroke Handicap conducted last night outdoors in the chill […]
Gee Eagle Farm is a funny track. It raced like a Soft 7 yesterday when it was only a Soft 5, with horses throwing up clods almost the size of bowling balls. Yet winners were running Good 3 type times. Mishani Lily is only a 2YO, but she won in just 3/4 of a second […]
The hot mail circulating around Eagle Farm yesterday was that the night meeting under lights at the Gold Coast in three week’s time is dead, buried and cremated. There is not a hope in hell that the track will be fit and ready to race they say, and they will be calling it off this […]
I remembers when Doomben used to be one of the best wet weather tracks in Australia. You could dump massive amounts of rain on it during the week and it would still pick up and race on the weekend. Not anymore. According to the BOM readings from the airport across the road Doomben 65.8 mm […]
We are told on reliable advice that a number of small-time trainers who have operated out of Deagon for years have been contacted by Matt Rudolph, the Executive General Manager of Racing at the Brisbane Racing Club (BRC), who has told them that they are not wanted at the training facility any longer as they […]
Keep your eyes on the horse in front as they approach the crossing after the finish line in race 2 at Doomben today. No it wasn’t a steeplechase. This crossing has already killed one galloper. How long will it be until it slays another?
